Conversations with Jack Kerouac

By: Hayes, Kevin J.

There are few writers about whom it can be said that they write just like they speak, but Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) is clearly one of them. In 1958, Kerouac was a struggling writer trying to create a new literary aesthetic based on the rhythms of human speech, jazz-based improvisation, autobiography, and American slang. That year saw the publication of his second novel On the Road, which would instantly propel him to fame and ensconce him in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578067561
• ISBN13: 9781578067565
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 8.9"